English – Cosmo Log

I am sitting in a café called Panama Hotel Tea House adjacent to the hotel with the same name – a historic house previously occupied by Japanese. I don’t know [...]

Greece revisited. Part 5: Looters in Athens

04/06/2016

The title is certainly not giving the city justice, with its charming old town, historic sites, faboulous market streets and great restaurants, and the many different [...]

Greece revisited. Part 4: Salt Lake City

04/06/2016

You are wondering why I am continuing the series after a month, already back in Germany? The next story will tell you. After we left Kastrosikia and Ammotopos behind us, we [...]

Greece revisited. Part 3: Meeting the family

03/05/2016

By the time we reached my uncle’s house we had already stopped by or greeted a couple of my father’s friends or distant relatives on the way and had had a small [...]

Greece revisited. Part 2: Peeking into Greek Orthodoxy

29/04/2016

There is more to tell about Kastrosikia before leaving for Ammotopos. So today was “Good Friday” (which I find kind of inappropriate considering that Jesus kind [...]